…data gathered and transmitted by high-tech farm machinery. Tractors, tilling equipment, planters, sprayers, harvesters and agricultural drones are increasingly connected to the Internet. Even so, farmers don’t always have the…
Time for Walnut Scale Monitoring
…of other pests as described in DORMANT MONITORING.If a treatment becomes necessary, make it during the delayed dormant period before shoot growth begins. If a high degree of parasitization is…
Getting Garden Ready
…for early spring color such as pansies, violas, snapdragons, nemesia, sweet peas and alyssum. It is important that your greenhouse is properly ventilated during early spring when fluctuating temperatures are…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…semi-processed high-value products (eg., wheat, soybeans, and soybean meal). In the other high-value product categories-raw products and processed products-high-income countries remain the largest U.S. markets, followed by the upper middle-income…
Connecting Drones in Real Time
…connection to the Verizon LTE network. The XRD includes antennas that pick up high-bandwidth LTE signals in rural areas as though they were in the center of a metropolitan area….
Bus Stop Farmers Markets
…are forced to substitute foods usually high in fat, sugar and salt, which in turn leads to increased rates for diabetes, higher blood pressure and other diet related diseases. As…
Agri View: Food Protection
…be used to treat this infection. How Can I Prevent It? Avoid eating high-risk foods, especially undercooked ground beef, unpasteurized milk or juice, soft cheeses made from unpasteurized milk, or…
Wettest Months Finish Below Average
…of the March 1 average, the result of moderate precipitation since last October and relatively warm temperatures. “Mother Nature is not living up to predictions by some that a ‘Godzilla’…
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
…before he or she graduates from high school It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter. To legally label the spread as peanut butter, it…
PMA Brings Fresh Produce Insight to White House Meeting on Trade Policy
…brought the industry’s perspective to a White House meeting on global trade policy Feb 29. The discussion among high-level U.S. trade officials and other leaders from across the agricultural sector…
Remote Imaging Could Reduce Set Size
…Goldhamer talked to pistachio growers about the possibility of remote imaging and the benefits it could bring. Although not viable yet, the system would use high-altitude machines, whether it be…
Leap Year and Ag
…is composed of leaf sheaths that overlap each other and grow from an underground stem called a rhizome. The banana plant can grow as high as 20 feet tall. That’s…
South Africa Now Taking U.S. Pork
…can sell safe, high-quality and affordable U.S. pork to more than 50 million new consumers,” said NPPC President Dr. Ron Prestage, a veterinarian and pork producer from Camden, S.C. “U.S….
World Pistachio Day
…high-carbohydrate meal. Additionally, a recent study found that eating pistachios raises the level of antioxidants in the body, which may lead to lower levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol. Fun facts…